Ukraine conflict day 220: Arguments begin over "annexations"

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Moscovites gathered at a "patriotic" rally to celebrate the absorption of Ukrainian regions into Russia./Maksim Blinov/Reuters via Sputnik

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· Ukraine said it had encircled thousands of Russian troops around the eastern town of Lyman, in a battlefield rebuttal to the Kremlin a day after it proclaimed the Donetsk region to be part of Russia.

· At least 30 civilians were killed and almost 100 wounded in what Kyiv said was a Russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian cars in southern Ukraine.

· Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country was formally applying for fast-track membership of the NATO military alliance and that Kyiv was ready for talks with Moscow, but not while Putin was president.

· The United States responded to the "annexations" by imposing more sanctions on Russia, targeting hundreds of people and companies, including those in Russia's military-industrial complex and lawmakers.

· Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning Moscow's proclaimed "annexations".

· A Russian patrol has detained the director general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the state-owned company in charge of the plant said. The IAEA said it was seeking "clarifications" on the incident.

· Russia's Gazprom cut natural gas supplies to Moldova on Saturday by around 30 percent, according to the director of gas firm Moldovagaz, Vadim Ceban.

Source(s): Reuters